Influence of Substrate on Structure and Magnetic Properties of Bi0.9Nd0.1FeO3 Thin Films by Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Method

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Bi0.9Nd0.1FeO3 (BNFO) films were deposited on Si (100) and (La,Sr)(Al,Ta)O3 (100) (LAST) substrate by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering method respectively. The structure，morphology and magnetic properties were studied. X-ray diffraction (XRD) result indicates that the BNFO films on different substrate adopted different orientation. Cross-section scanning electron microscopy shows that the film thickness is 145 nm．Magnetic properties measurement shows that the film on Si(100) substrate has the larger saturation magnetization (Ms) of 3 686 emu/cm3, while the Ms value of the BNFO films on LSAT(100) substrate is only 1 213 emu/cm3.

Abstract: Fe-Co-N thin films with various Co content were synthesized on Si (111) substrate using facing-target magnetron sputtering by changing sputtering input power on Co target. During deposition, the input power on Fe target was kept at 160 W. The composition, structure, and magnetic properties were examined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and superconducting quantum interference device. XRD and TEM investigations showed that at lower input power of 11.2 W on Co target, the phases in the film were -(Fe,Co)4N and Co3N. Increasing sputtering input power, the content of Co in the film increased. At input power of 14 W, film contained -(Fe,Co)8N phase was produced which exhibited higher saturation magnetization (252.85 Am2/kg) and lower value of coercivity (3.66 kAm-1), corresponded to the 12% content of Co in the film.

Abstract: La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 (LSMO)/Pb0.92La0.08Zr0.65Ti0.35O3 (PLZT) composite film was fabricated on a (001) LaAlO3 (LAO) single crystal substrate by a sol-gel technique. The results from X-ray diffraction (XRD) indicated that LSMO and PLZT could grow successively on LAO substrate with (001) preferred orientation. The ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties of LAO/LSMO/PLZT composite film were also investigated. The results showed that the remnant polarization Pr, and coercive field Ec of the composite film at room temperature were 36.38 μC/cm2 and 512.43 kV/cm respectively. Moreover, the composite film exhibited significant ferromagnetic hysteresis loops and soft magnetic behavior at temperatures lower than 250 K.